THE US military and the Red Cross have launched an investigation after photos were published in British and American newspapers of an imprisoned Saddam Hussein wearing only his underwear.

The US military and the Red Cross has launched an investigation after photos were published in British and American newspapers of an imprisoned Saddam Hussein clad only in his underwear.

At least 25 insurgents were killed by US troops and warplanes in northern Iraq as they attacked an American outpost with a car bomb and explosives, the US military said today.